Means for propelling cars.



10,862,231 k `PATEBITBD AUG.6,1907.

' R. G. GOYNER.

MII-EANSy FOR PR'OELLNG CARS. APPLIOATION FILED 0012.8. 190s.

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N0.'s62,237. PATENTED AUG. e, 1907.

R. G. GOYNBR.'

MEANS FOR PRGPELLING CARS.

APPLIOATIONHLBD com. 190e.

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Specication of Letters atent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed October 8,1906. Serial No. 337.849-

' To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT G. CoifNnn, a citizen oi the United States,and a resident of @maag-0,' in the county oi Cook and State oi Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Means for Propelling Cars.

This invention relates to means for the propelling of cars, thenecessities `for the use of which require their propulsion from onepoint to another on a track in which of necessity there may be one ormore inclines l0. varying in angle, and stops of a car, frequentlyrequired at both predetermined and undetermined intervals thereof,necessitating the disconnection of a cary from and its connection with,means of propulsion not supported by the car. l

, l5 The prime object of my. invention is to propei a car by meansof achain or rope transmission means between l which theicar vand holdingdevice supported by the car may be connected with and disconnected fromits transmssion'means at substantially any point thereof both when thecar is stationary and moving.

f A further object is to propel a carby a chain or rope transmissionmeans, the structure of which is oi' such v acharacter that it willquickly and entirely clear itself of materials falling from a car uponor therein' and that 25. the holding device connecting a transmissionmeans with 'the' car cannot be injured by or engage the trans missionsupports or its adjacent underneath returned portions. 4 `An0ther objectis to provide a simple and perfective means for cushioning the caragainst the force oi an A vunavoidable jerk following the initialconnection of the f car with its transmission means.`

y A further object is to provide means for automaticf-ally' connectingand disconnecting a car from its transmission means both when moving andstationary and z at any predetermined point oi its travel therewith.Another object is to", provide moans by which the car is automaticallydisconnected from its transmission when moved in the same direction andfaster than the transmission means, and by which the car is maintainedlagainst accidental connectionwith its tranr mission. i

A still further object isto provide means by which the bearings of thepulleys supporting the transmission A@ means are inclosed and sosupported that they are always readily accessible and lcoixvenientlyremovable Without disturbing, other parts of the structure.

'With these ends in view, my inventioirlczonsists in i' certain featuresof novelty in the construction,` combination and arrangement,iii` raus;ily which thesaidjol vation a car partly in longitudinal section, thetransmission means ier propelling the same and, partly in section, thedevices for connecting with and disconnecting the rar iroin itstransmission means. Fig. 2 is a detail showing in plan means foractuating the connection between the car and its transmission means andwhich may be adapted for automatically actuating said connection. Fig. 3is a iront elevation of the sliding stop shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 alongitudinal section of a car showing a modification oi the connectinghook bar between the car and a chain transmission means. Fig. 5 is adetail side elevation indicatingnvr the location oi the supports ior thetransmission and the means by which said supports are renderedaccessible and re, movable therefrom. Fig. (i is a section on vthe line@w oi Fig. 5, looking in the direction oi the arrows. Fig. T a si milarview on the line 7--7 of Fig. 5 looking in thil direction of the arrows.F ig. S a top plan view oi the devices employed for removing the carfrom the force of a jerk resulting at the instant of the connection oithe car with its transmission means with the forward portion oi theconnecting hook bar broken ofi. Fig. 9 a transverse section throughsupporting devices for a chain or cable transmission meansin which theforward and return portions thereoi` are supported adjacent each otherinstead oi' the lower portion remaining suspended in mid-air or atconsiderable distance from the upper portion as may be, and Fig. l0 adetail longitudinal section through the transmission means and itssupports showing the employment oi an eccentric for depressing a chainor cable away from and out oi contact with the connections of the cartherewith.

Similar numerals of reference indicato the same parts in the severa?.iigures of the drawings.

ns my linvention is ospeciaiiy designed gior. use inA connection withthe transportationoi small carloads of ore and the like, il and l2indicate the side boards and 13 one o the end boards oi a box car, thebottom 14. oi the box of which is secured to and supported,I as shown,upon longitudinal sills, two oi which are about the middle of the carand oi whichone is indicated at V.l5 which car by means oi wheels 1Gruns upon trackrails 17 supported in the usual manner upon cross ties l.l

Suspended from the sill by a bracket 1 9 Asecured thereto 'by bolts 20vis a hook or other catch device 2l connected with or forming anintegral part oi, an elongated shank or liar 22 through the sido ,face23 of which is an elongated slot 24 through which passes a pivot 25secured to the bracket and supporting the bar' 22 in snclia way that itmay be both oscillated and recipro? cated on the pivot as hereinaftermore specifically dcsdribcd lor engaging and. disengaging'the hook fromthe bearing'and the hook is a spring 26, one end of which'is attached tothe bar and the other' to the bracket 19, the operation of which springis to automatically maintain the hook out'of engagement and in a planeabove 'the power transmission devices when it is desirable to have comethe resistance of the spring 47 and at the same the car disconnectedtherefrom.

The rear end of the bar 22 (see Fig. 8) passes through an enlargedopening 27 in the end-bar 2S ofa yoke, the legs 29-29 of which areconnected by a cross-head 30 secured thereto by bolts 31-31and'lp'rojecting beyond bothlegs 29-29 for the purpose hereinafter'described.. l

Coiled about the rear end of the hook-bar 22 (see Figs. l and 8) is aspring 32 one end of which bears against the end-bar 28 of the yoke andthe other against an enlarged flange or 'nut 33 on the end of thehook-bar, the hook-bar 'being maintained against any considerablelateral movement by the bearing of the opposite sides of its end flangeagainstthe .legs 29 of the yoke, the yoke in turn is maintained againstlateral nievementby the. bearing of its legs 29--29 against parallelbrackets 34-34 secured to and depending from each side of the sill, overedges of which brackets the cross head 30 projects being movablelengthwise of the brackets and longitudinal with' the hook-bar. Thesebrackets are so formed as to present to the cross-head a elevatedposition, the cross-head is depressed to cngagw mdnt with the verticaledges 35 of the bracket 34, and whilebeing yielding-ly held in thatposition -by the spring 2G is prevented from heilig accidentallydepressed through any accidental pull on the hook by? the engagement ofthe yoke with the vertical edges 35y which serveas a s tp preventing anydeprcssions of the hook-bar until its rear end is purposely liftrd bymeans now to be described* Secured to the cross-head 3() by means of ascrew-eye 37 or other device, is a 'cord 38 which passes forwardly andupwardly over a pulley or pin 39 secured tol the side of the sill 15 andthence over as many pulleys as.

may be necessary to conduct it, to a pulley 4f) supported by a plate41,'seeured to the side 11 of the ear.

Thebar 42 is sleeved on the plate 41 by means of a slot 43, the platebeing curved towards one endl opposite which isa recess44 in the side1.1 of the car forming a stop for the bar 42 in its movement along theplate 4l,

a stop pin or lug 45 secured to thc plate serving to limit the movementof the bar in the opposite direction.

. Bar 42,is provided towards ,its outer end with a slot orming'ahand-'hole ,46 for shifting the bar when necessary f independently ofvthe cord4 38 and the springs 475-47 one" end of ,which'is secured to thebar and thc. `other end either to .the side 11 or plate 41.

-that it'is moved on the plate 41 until it contacts with the stop 44, oris thrown out of engagement with the stop 48 by its inwardlrnovement`towards the car'due to the curvature of the plate 41 at apointbetweenthe stops 44 and 45.

time exert a pull on the cord 38, which if the hook-bar 22 has its rearend depressed in contact with the vertical surface 35 of the bracket 34,will lift the yoke of the hook-bar above the same and forwardlyoveriupon the horizontally supporting edge 36 of the. bracket '34, withthe result that the point of the hook-bar will be depressed to the planenecessary for it to engage its transmission means whether it be a chainor rope.

At a point between the rails of the track for the car, and preferablysupported by the cross-ties 1 8 thereof, is apowerV transmission meansfor the'ear comprising among other things (see Figs. 1,4, 6 and 7) achain the links of which are composed of parallel side bars or plates 5Ujoined at cach end by rods 51, but any other form of chain or a cablemay be substituted therefor without a departure from the spiritof myinvention.

Whena chain transmission means is employed, it is preferably supportedby opposing rollers 52 provided with anges at their outer ends toprevent the lateral .displacement of the chain therefrom and with aclear space between their inner' ends `by means of short shafts 53-53secured towards the upper-end of one lug and l f bracket. 54, the otherend horizontal leg of which 'is fastened to the cross-tie l8 by one ormore spikes 55. This pulley and chain structure is substantially. iwclosed by means of opposing channel 'bars E36-56, as shown in Fig. 7leave between their opposing edges a""'sit'57^, for the passagethcrethnmgh of the hook-bar engaging with the chain or othertransmission means.

.The channel bars 5G may be of any desired or convcnicnt length bnfpreferably have their adjacent ends terminale at each side of the rollersupporting brackets i for thc purposes of crinvcnient access to therollers and the bodily insertion in and removal of the brackets androllers frorn'the channel bars, the channel bars being securcd'inposition by brackets 58..

The opening between the ends of the channel. bars to u the rollers ispreferably closed by a gate 59 which may be provided with a hand-hole G0and confined between over-lapping bars y(il secured to the-channel bars.

, l" In order to leave no'top opening in the channel bars `the lspacebetween them before referred to may be closed bya plate but insteadthereof the ou'tsideand, under side walls ofthe channel bars may bepartly cut away in each'at the point of'their juncture or such cut bemade wholl y in asingle bar and thereby provide the desired opening forthe introduction and removal of the supporting rollers and theirprotection'above ,the planev of the lower side o f the bar, as sho'wp inFigs. Gand .7, and whereby the chain transmission means .and the lbearing surfaces therefor of the rollers are confined entirely withinthe channel bar and better protected frolnv exposure to foreignsubstances.

i The form of the inclosing structure shownin Figs. (i and 7 is designedto be used when `the ',iinder side or length of a continuous chain orrope transmission need' not be closely near its upper surface and whenit may be supported by other and less expensive means and 1. of lengthat each side thereof so as to Having'described my invention, whatA Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is.

1. Means for propelling cars comprising in combination n car, an endlesstransmission means therefor'. and for a sllduble device both connectingand entirely disconnecting said car and transmission means at will atany time during thevmovement ofthe transmission means and at any pointof the transmission that the car may be, suhstantiall'y as described. yl 1 2. Means for propelling cars comprising in combination a car; acatch-device depending therefrom; 'means whereby said catch-device maybe reciprocated'an endless trans-I mission means provided with meansadapted to. be engaged by said catch-device, and means for moving thecatch to engagement; and for disconnecting it from the transmissionmeans at will at any time during the movement ofthe transmissitn meansand'when the car is at any point of its travel induced by. saidtransmission means, substandany as described.

Means. for propelling cars comprising in combination a car, an endlesstransmission therefor'. al catch-device, 'a support on which said catchslides means for moving vsaiflicatch on an oblique lino relative to andfrom the plane of itsengagcmeni with the transmission and means forautomatically producing an automatic connection of the cnr with itstransmission at any point of its travel theron, substantially usdescribed.

Li. Means for propellingcars comprsing in combination a car` an endlessvtransmission means therefor, a hook-bar, a bearing in which said barslides in siiifting it to and from engagement with thc transmissionmeans. means for depressing said bar to thc planoot' its engagement withlthe transmission means, and n spring automatically maintaining said bnrout. of engagement and its hook devices in a plane above thetransmission means, substantially as described.

5. Means for propelling cars comprising,r in combination a car, anendless -transmission means therefor, a sliding hook-bar suspendedtherefrom, means for supporting,r the rear end ot' said bar in anelevated position and its hook depressed to the plane of its engagementwith its transmission lncuns, means for automatically lifting andmaintaining the hook end of said bar above the planeI of itseugngcmeni', with its transmission means, and means for positivelymaintaining said bar against a sliding movement when its hook iselevated above said plane, substantially as described. 4

(i. Means for propelling cars comprising in combination lu car, anendless transmission means therefor provided with bars or otherprojections, a catch device adapted to engage and retain saidprojections, n sliding har connected with said catch device. means forsuspending sa ,d bar from n car, a cushion reducing the force of a jerkIdue to the engagement of the car with a faster moving transmissionmeans. and moans for simultaneously lifting said har and cushionvandthereby depressing the catch device to the lplane of its connection withils transmission means and means for automatically inducing the catchdevice to connection with and disconnection from said transmission,substantially as described.

7.- Means for propelling curs `comprisingr in combination n car, anendless chain transmission means therefor, means for supportingr andinclosing said transmission means. n sliding hook-har und a bearingsupport therefor suspended `from thc car. means formoving said hook-barto engagement with, disengagement from, and maintaining it in n plane`above and entirely away from saidchain, and a cushion moving withsaidbar and receiving the torce o! jerks resultingdrorn the initialengagement yof the hook and transmission means, substantially asdescribed.

8. Means for propelling cars comprising in combination a car, an endlesstransmission means 'therefor provided' with 'projections at intervalsthereof, a catch-device adapted'to engage said projections and bedisconnected therefrom, a sliding bar supporting said catch-device,means pivotally connecting said bar with and suspending it from the-cargmeans forpmoving said bar to engagement with and disengagement4from the transmission means, projections and maintaining it-againstaccidental engagement therewithandftherefrom, and a cushion moving withsaid bar and receiving the f orce of the 4jerk due to the initialengagement of the catch device with its transmission means,substantially as described. v 3,

il. Means for propelling cars comprising in coli'ibunditionA 4 va car,an endless `transmission means, supporting-dollars therefor, between theopposing ends'of which? there 'fs n -clear space, an angle .ironstructure 'provided at its npperf side with a lcontinuous slotregistering with said space, a hook device, a bar connected therewith,m'e'ans suspending said bar from a car and means forv directing said bnrthrough the slot of the transmission structure to the plane of itsengagement with the transmission -means,-suhstan l tially as described.

10. Means for propelling cars comprising in combination a ear, adepressible bar suspendedfrom saidcar, a catch device supported by saidhar, an endless4 transmission means therefor, provided at intervals with'projections adapted to engage and hold said bar, lseparatedroilersupports for said transmission means, and opposing chan? nel barsseparated a't the' edges and otherwise incloling" the `transmissionmeans an'd" the supporting surface contacting therewith` substantiallyas described.v .l

11. .A ear haul'comprising a car, endiessgransmlssion' means therefor, arook-bar, a bearing-ln which said bar lli adapted to move to and fromengagement with said transmission means, means for depressing said barto engagmcut. with said transmissionmeans, and automatic means formaintaining said bar from engagement with said transmission incuns. I y

12. in a car haul, a car, endless transmission means therefor. a movablehook-bar'suspended from ,saidf car.'

said car in a longitudinally1 slidable manner, means for cushioning theend thrust of said har, means for depressing the hook end of said bar toengagementwith said transmission means, and `automatic means for raisingand maintaining-the hook end of said .bar from engagement` with saidtransmission means. A y

12%. Means 'ior'prol'lelling cars-comprising a car, endless transmissionmeans therefor, a movable bar attached to said car and dependingtherefrom, means for engaging the lower end of said bar`with saidtransmission means, means tor cushioning the end thrust of said bar,means for demeans` moving longitudinally with said bariapted to receivethe thrust of said bur when engagem with said transmission apparatus ismade.

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tact with said transmission apparatus, and cushioning v set my hand thisl means for attaching 'said har to some substantial part o!V

